Tecmo Koei Slices Team Ninja in Two

Tecmo Koei has been doing pretty well for itself recently. Last year it recorded a net profit of $27.9 million (£17.7 million) between the beginning of October and the end of December, which was a staggering 291.7% increase on the previous quarter.

Now the company has announced it is reorganising its corporate structure, which will see its flagship developer Team Ninja sliced in half.

The two development groups have creatively been named Ichigaya Development Group 1 and Ichigaya Development Group 2. The former will be run by the current head of the studio Yosuke Hayashi, while Keisuke Kikuchi, who was a senior manager, will be in charge of the latter.

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Glad to hear they made a profit since several companies have come up short recently. I hope this reorganization doesn't break what made them successful or help them grow too fast/big to be manageable. Also, which of those games should I check out first? I've played none of them.

@EvisceratorX I found absolutely nothing wrong with Tecmo Koei's Other M gameplay. The only thing they're responsible for.I just bought Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper. I was actually minutes away from playing it the first time. Somewhat ironic.I hope this means more games Tecmo Koei can partner up with Nintendo for.

They release that Fist of the North Star crap but they won't port Dead or Alive 5 to the Wii U? The 3DS game made an instant fan out of me so I'd be really bummed if they neglect to support the franchise on Nintendo's home consoles from hereon.

So that's why Pokemon Conquest looked like it had characters from Dynasty Warriors.Omega make the Warrior series, and I don't know who does the Romance of the Three Kingdoms strategy games (the latest one is on Wii U in Japan but would be awesome in English).